How many AI models can you name? Not how many you use… but how many you can actually name.

That question sets the ball rolling for this episode. In the next hour, Rohin puts Brady and Praveen—two people who use AI every single day for a living—through a cold read. There is no prep or script.

What they couldn't answer is the whole point. Over the course of an hour, three daily AI users discover their stances on where their data goes, on the tools they default to, and their strategy with AI use.

The questions they had to answer:

• What did you use AI for in the last 24 hours? Be specific.
• On a scale of one to ten, how AI proficient are you?
• Have you ever thought about where your conversations and data actually go?
• If you lost access tomorrow, what would you actually lose?
• Have you taught the AIs you use about yourself? Could you take that to a different tool?
• Does your company have an AI strategy, or does it just have AI users?
• Do you think using AI is making you sharper or duller?
• A year from now, do you want to be more valuable because of AI—or more replaceable?

These questions around "intelligence independence" form the basis of The Ken's next live event on Saturday, 1 August, at the Bangalore International Centre.

Unlike prior waves of technology, the AI wave doesn't just impact all of us—be it as a country, a company, or a professional—it also extracts what is most valuable from us. Our knowledge. Our intelligence. It's the part of the AI equation we talk about the least. And we want to change that.

You can find the tickets here: https://the-ken.com/columns/zero-shot/the-best-time-to-think-about-intelligence-independence-was-four-years-ago-the-next-best-time-is-now/

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This episode was produced by Vidhatri Rao and edited by Rajiv CN.

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